City of Helsinki’s suffers data breach


It remains unclear whether the perpetrator behind a massive data breach of the City of Helsinki has tried to benefit from the crime, according to the City.

Detected in April, the hack resulted in the leak of tens of millions of files from the city’s internal network. The stolen files included the personal data of up to 150,000 schoolkids and their guardians. It also included information on all of the City’s 38,000 staff members.

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Source: Yle News


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